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Amar’e Stoudemire’s Gone: Who Will Be The Phoenix Suns Starting Power Forward?
Posted: 2nd July 2010 by Jess Root in NBA
Thursday night and Friday morning was a strange time to be a fan of the Suns. I personally felt betrayed because of the Amar'e Stoudemire situation.
I know, I am in a group of people who believed that Stoudemire needed to return. Not everyone believes that. One thing I am certain of is that any scenario in which Amare leaves, no matter who replaces him, is a step back for the ...
Nine walk-off losses this year for the Diamondbacks. They have come in all shapes and sizes. There have been extra inning losses that just come from a simple base hit. There have been game-ending home runs.
Some have been a bit more absurd. There was a game ending in a balk. Last night, two throwing errors led to three runs to score, ruining an otherwise stellar start by Dan Haren. It ...
"The Suns have been eliminated from the playoffs by the eventual champion more times than the Clippers franchise has made the playoffs: 8 to 7.” –tweeted by Greg Esposito (@The_Real_Espo)
I got that tweet a few minutes after I finished watching the US get hosed by bad calls (especially the disallowed go-ahead goal) in their World Cup match against Slovenia. In a way, it lightened my spirits a bit, ...
Steve Kerr’s Exit and Suns’ Situation: It’s Going Downhill
Posted: 15th June 2010 by Jess Root in NBA
On my way to the gym this morning the main topic of conversation on the radio was why Steve Kerr had not had his contract taken care of. While I was putting up wall racks in my garage later in the morning, I learned why, as I got the tweet informing me that Kerr was out as general manager.
Later came a reason why: owner Robert Sarver had wanted Kerr to ...
So the latest Amar'e Stoudemire drama is the result of things he said to reporters at his basketball camp. Here is some of it, even if you have already heard it/read it/talked about it:
On playing out the final year of his contract: "There's no chance of that at all."
On whether he desires a maximum contract: “The most important factor of playing for an organization is to be able to be totally ...
Is Leandro Barbosa the X Factor Against Los Angeles Lakers?
Posted: 19th May 2010 by Jess Root in NBA
Leandro Barbosa has become a forgotten man in this special season for the Phoenix Suns. Beset this season by injuries, the play of Jason Richardson, and the development of Goran Dragic, it seems an eternity ago that he was the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year.
As much as I like Barbosa (and apparently everyone in the world), I have said before that I think that this will be his final ...
Yes, I just used that title. Puns rule (especially tonight). But it is my brother-in-law that gets credit for this punny title. He gave me it after the Suns' game three win over the Spurs.
Now, the sweep is complete. The brooms (used only once before on a Memphis team that has yet to EVER win a playoff game) made their appearance in another gutsy, come from behind victory by the ...
I'll admit it. Hockey is just not one of the sports I really follow.
That's not to say that I don't like it. The few times I have turned on a game, I have enjoyed it.
However, two things get in the way. One is that I don't know everything about the game like I do about baseball, basketball, and football. The other is that, as a fan, all my available sports ...
Coach Ken Whisenhunt’s Arizona Cardinals Definitely Not the Same Old Cardinals
Posted: 28th April 2010 by Jess Root in NFL
On an abysmal Tuesday of drubbings in the Phoenix sports world (12-1 loss by the Diamondbacks and 6-1 elimination of the Coyotes from the playoffs), the Arizona Cardinals quietly staged a minor coup d'etat, brightening my day.
They signed veteran offensive lineman Alan Faneca to a one-year, $2.5 million contract.
This was the sort of thing that I never experienced growing up a Cardinals fan. No good AND still productive player ever ...
And so I sit in my La-Z-Boy sulking after seeing the Suns lose 105-100 to the Portland Trailblazers. I didn't think that the Suns would lose this game.
First quarter, Suns down, I thought the bench would create some separation. When it got tight late in the game, I felt they would hit key shots.
I was certain until Doug Collins asked when Portland would hit a big three-point shot and then, ...